Day Twenty-One
Thank you faithful readers…
We can hardly believe it. This is week five and we are now half-way through the excavation for this year – so where has… Read more
Another not-to-be-missed exhibition featuring material from the Ness is running at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall,
Tracing the Lines: Pots and People in the Late Neolithic is the brainchild of two long-term… Read more
A reminder that the Ness-inspired exhibition at the Stromness Museum features artefacts from the excavation to date as well as arts and crafts inspired by the dig. … Read more
It’s been a busy week, so I’m just today catching up on this week’s pictures.
First, some more shots from Thursday. As always, click on any photograph for a larger… Read more
Day Twenty
STOP PRESS – Again in typical manner in the dying moments of today, Marcus, in Trench Y, was rewarded with the discovery of a very large polished stone… Read more
Day Nineteen
STOP PRESS – Decorated stone in Structure Five
In the last hour of today, a new decorated stone was discovered in Structure Five, in Trench J, by our… Read more
Day Eighteen
Y, oh Y, oh Y!
We begin today with Trench Y, which started off with high hopes, quickly became troublesome and has continued in that manner with… Read more
Day Seventeen
When is a bowl not a bowl?
There was considerable excitement in Trench T today, with the discovery of what looked very like the base of a round-bottomed… Read more
Day Sixteen
What? No walls?
Another week is starting at the Ness with the return of several old faces and the arrival of new ones.
There is a distinctly international… Read more
Day Fifteen
More surprises from Structure Ten!
Today is the end of a long week, which started last Sunday with our first Open Day.
It’s not surprising, therefore, that people… Read more
An overview of the entire excavation site from Trench J – containing Structure Five and the northern corner section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar”.… Read more
One of the most common finds at the Ness of Brodgar is pottery.
Almost all is of a style known as Grooved Ware, which appears to have developed here in… Read more